Recent Music Stories
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SlavFest: celebrating the similarities
15 Feb 2023Aotearoa's first ever SlavFest is on this weekend in Wellington, featuring music dance, crafts and food. Audio
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Bookmarks with Laura Heynike
15 Feb 2023For Bookmarks today we speak to businesswoman and interior designer Laura Heynike. She's the Founder and Creative Director of interior design company Pocketspace. Audio
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Violinist Geneva Lewis
14 Feb 2023“It’s such an emotional piece, it has such a huge range of feelings and experiences.“ Geneva Lewis is soloist in the APO's 2023 Season opener, playing Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto. Video, Audio
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RNZAF Band on tour
13 Feb 2023For the first time since 2021 the Royal New Zealand Air Force Band is going on tour, with performances scheduled for venues across the North Island. Host of the concerts, Corporal Hannah Darroch… Audio
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Worlds of Music 12 February, 2023
12 Feb 2023Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio
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Black and British
12 Feb 2023William Dart looks at two releases exploring the huge impact that black musicians have had on the British music scene, from the many 1960s artists you'll find on a new set titled Gotta Get a Good… Audio
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Harry Styles sweeps UK's top pop music honours with four awards
Harry Styles won all four categories he was nominated in, a week after his triumph at the Grammys.
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West Side Story Live
It must be the ultimate multi-media experience - a classic movie from the Golden Age of Hollywood with the award-winning music track played live by a world-class orchestra. The New Zealand Symphony… Audio
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Dave Fane: The Heartbreak Choir
Dave Fane, Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, and household face and name from his membership of the Naked Samoans with Oscar Kightley and Robbie Magasiva. Sione's Wedding, BroTown, Outrageous… Audio
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‘They call me the mother of punk’
12 Feb 2023For many women, the demands of family and career mean they're not always able to just make music for the fun of it. Ruth Miller is the brains behind The Unglamourous Project in Leicester, UK with the… Video, Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 12 February 2023
12 Feb 2023In our final programme of Summer Hymn Requests you can hear the Seafarers’ Hymn (Eternal Father), Stuart Townend’s O, my soul, arise and a setting of Psalm 150 to mark the 100th birthday of the Lawton… Audio
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Nashville Babylon: 11 February 2023
11 Feb 2023On this week's show there’s classic blues and soul from Little Walter and
James Brown, a preview of John Otway’s New Zealand tour plus tunes from
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Future Islands: 'These aren't albums, these are pieces of our lives'
11 Feb 2023Future Islands Frontman Sam T. Herring has had an interesting journey in music, starting out as a rapper before finding huge success with Future Islands and forming his latest hip hop project Hemlock… Video, Audio
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Rick Margitza - Sacred Hearts
11 Feb 2023Nick checks out a new album from Paris-based saxophonist Rick Margitza, plus tracks from NZ group Dog and Esperanza Spalding. Audio
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The Mixtape: Nisha Madhan
11 Feb 2023Our guest picking their favourite songs and talking about life is an actor, director, producer - and so much more. Her latest venture - FOLA - A festival of live art that runs from 15-19th Feb at… Audio
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Scalper on his new album dedicated to his mother: The Shine
11 Feb 2023Scalper is the musical project of Nadeem Shafi - A UK born Pakistani musician who now calls NZ home. Audio
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The Sampler: Young Fathers, Say She She, Kraus
11 Feb 2023Tony Stamp reviews new albums from Scotland trio Young Fathers, femme-forward Brooklyn band Say She She, and music for float tanks by NZ's Kraus. Audio
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Kae Tempest: how creativity saved them from the storm
English hip-hop poet and playwright Kae Tempest talks to Kim Hill about their gratitude for the creative process and hard-won journey to self-acceptance. Video, Audio
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On the road: Nikau Harp Trio
10 Feb 2023We catch up with harpist Helen Webby from Nikau Harp Trio, currently performing around Aotearoa for Arts on Tour. Audio
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NZ Live: The Frank Burkitt Band
10 Feb 2023The Frank Burkitt Band - formed by Scottish singer Frank Burkitt in Wellington - won Best Folk Artist at the 2019 Tui Awards. Now based in Manchester, Frank and his partner/bandmate Kara are currently… Video, Audio
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Farewell Burt Bacharach
Te Pūrongo o te Poutūtanga, Midday Report, bids farewell to one of the all- time great songwriters - Burt Bacharach - who's died aged 94. Audio
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New music with Grant Smithies
10 Feb 2023Winter Of Discontent is a great new compilation of key singles from the early British DIY post-punk scene of the late 70s. We'll hear key tracks from Zounds and Scritti Politti today, alongside an… Audio
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Songwriter Burt Bacharach dies at age 94
Composer Burt Bacharach, whose hits such as 'Do You Know the Way to San Jose' and 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' provided a mellow alternative soundtrack to rock and roll in the 1960s and 1970s…
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